A Study on Owen Jones&#039;s The Grammar of Ornament : Focusing on comparison with John Ruskin&#039;s The Elements of Drawing (오웬 존스의 『장식의 문법』 고찰 : 존 러스킨의 『드로잉의 요소』와 비교를 중심으로)

Sae-Mi Cho (조새미)

doi:10.17527/JASA.58.0.06

A Study on Owen Jones's The Grammar of Ornament : Focusing on comparison with John Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing

The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
Abbr : JASA
2019, 58(), pp.177-208
DOI : 10.17527/JASA.58.0.06
Publisher : 한국미학예술학회
Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Other Arts and Kinesiology
Received : August 15, 2019
Accepted : September 14, 2019
Published : October 31, 2019

Sae-Mi Cho ¹

¹독립큐레이터

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ABSTRACT

Shortly after the 1851 Great Exhibition, The UK, the host country and leading country of the Industrialization faced criticism that it did not offer excellent qualities for culturally integrated design. Compared to the applied arts produce in France as well as primitive tribal crafts, the manufactured goods made in the U.K. was not good enough. The British government attempted to find a new formative language and to suggest the general principles in design through the process of the Design Reform. Written by an architect and theorist Owen Jones in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament was one of the major the result of this collective effort. This study argues that Jones has laid the foundation for the major traits of the modern design by deriving the generality of cultural universal traits applicable to the architecture and manufacturing industry. Suggesting general principles of design, this deviates from the perspective of interpreting Jones' theory in the confrontation between imperialism and colonial embassy, or from the interpretation of being immersed in the decoration itself. By comparing Jones's theories with that of a writer and critics John Ruskin, this research also tried to understand the Grammar of Ornament in a greater detail. While Ruskin's critical view of industrial society was related to the naturalism of animation, Jones tried to find a universal aesthetic for the new industrial society. Focusing on analyzing the Moore's ornamentation, Jones applied the knowledge on the geometry and the perceptual psychology for his research. Jones refused to persue historicism, religion, and morality as Ruskin did. Instead, he embraced the diversity of complex cultures, while maintaining a rational and scientific perspective. Jones's decorative theory was not only linked to the aesthetic inquiry as a global citizen, but also argued to be reevaluated as the pioneering achievement for the modern design.

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Alois Reigl, A. W. Pugin, Design Reform, John Ruskin, Owen Jones, Psychology of Perception, The Grammar of Ornament

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